Salary: $3,870.40 - $4,064.00 Biweekly
Location : Juneau or Anchorage or Fairbanks, AK
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 54655
Department: Family & Community Services
Division: Juvenile Justice
Opening Date: 07/22/2026
Closing Date: 8/5/2026 5:00 PM Alaska
Position Open To: Alaska Residents Only
Bargaining Unit: Supervisory
Range: 22

Job Description
This position is open to Alaska Residents only.Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing

As the Juvenile Probation Officer 5, you will provide senior leadership and oversight for community-based juvenile probation services across Alaska. You will drive statewide policy and program development, lead implementation of system improvement projects. You will collaborate with stakeholders, evaluate data, and conduct research to promote effective services. Reporting directly to division executives, you will manage subordinate probation supervisors, handle personnel matters, and navigate labor relations and progressive discipline.

Grounded in restorative justice, you will champion offender accountability and family development while collaborating closely with partner agencies, communities, Tribal governments, and division leadership. Ultimately, you will serve as a member of the division leadership team to support the safe and effective administration of juvenile probation in Alaska.

The Benefits of Joining Our Team

As Juvenile Probation Officer 5 you will have the opportunity to change the lives of young Alaskans and strengthen communities across the state as part of a dynamic, deeply committed team. In this role, you will work alongside dedicated professionals within a restorative justice and trauma informed framework, aligning executive vision with regional field operations to strengthen public safety and support meaningful community restoration. Our work drives meaningful change through data-driven practices, rigorous court representation, and vital partnerships with schools, law enforcement, community providers, and Tribal entities. We strive to deliver equitable, culturally relevant services that balance offender accountability with personal growth and family development.

The Working Environment You Can Expect

Working primarily from a division office in Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau; this position requires some travel around the state (approximately six trips per year) to support field staff and offices. This position provides for flexibility in working hours and situational telework opportunities, although formal-long term teleworking is not available.

Who We Are Looking For We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
• Professionalism: Consistently displays the collection of competencies and skill expected of a professional. Professionalism is defined by its key behaviors including being accountable for actions and assigned projects; practicing efficient work habits to effectively manage time and workload; clearly communicating and expressing thoughts and ideas in writing and in person; possessing the ability to understand how non-verbal communication impacts the workplace; working effectively as part of a team to achieve productive outcomes; and consistently demonstrating, emotional intelligence, integrity, and ethical behavior

To view the general description and example of duties for a Juvenile Probation Officer 5 please go to the following link:

Minimum Qualifications

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

• Psychology: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts, mental processes, or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Financial Management: Understands the organization's financial processes. Prepares, justifies, and administers the program budget. Oversees procurement and contracting to achieve desired results. Monitors expenditures and uses cost-benefit thinking to set priorities.
• Performance Measurement: Knowledge of the principles and methods for evaluating program or organizational performance using financial and nonfinancial measures, including identification of evaluation factors (for example, workload, personnel requirements), metrics, and outcomes.
• Leadership: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
• Conflict Management: Encourages creative tension and differences of opinions. Anticipates and takes steps to prevent counter-productive confrontations. Manages and resolves conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner.
• Human Capital Management: Builds and manages workforce based on organizational goals, budget considerations, and staffing needs. Ensures that employees are appropriately recruited, selected, appraised, and rewarded; takes action to address performance problems. Manages a multi-sector workforce and a variety of work situations.
• Partnering: Develops networks and builds alliances; collaborates across boundaries to build strategic relationships and achieve common goals.

equivalent to those typically gained by:
Training in counseling, education, corrections, criminal justice, the behavioral sciences, public administration, or a closely related field and/or progressively responsible professional experience developing, coordinating, implementing, supervising, or managing a juvenile detention unit, treatment unit, or professional juvenile probation officers; an institutional or transport unit for an adult correctional facility; or probation work involving individuals incarcerated in a correctional institution or who are on parole or probation while in the community.

"Typically gained by" means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

"Training" and "education" in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

"Progressively responsible" means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

"Professional experience" means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

Special Note:
Successful candidates are subject to a background investigation, criminal record check, fingerprinting, and must complete a medical examination to determine the essential duties of the position can be safely performed. A valid Alaska driver's license is required at the time of appointment.
Additional Required Information
At time of interview applicant must submit:

1. The names and telephone number of three (3) professional references.
2. Two (2) employment performance evaluations, if available.
3. A copy of academic transcripts, to verify post-secondary education used to meet minimum qualifications. Unofficial transcripts are okay.

SPECIAL NOTE:

Prior to initial appointment, the selected candidate will be subject to the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (ASPIN), which includes passing a comprehensive background investigation. Newly hired division employees will undergo a post-hire fingerprint check as final confirmation of identity and background check. Other requirements include:

• Will require some travel within Alaska
• May include visiting and working in secure facilities
• Requires use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (ASPIN), which includes passing a background investigation including fingerprinting will be conducted.

Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.

EDUCATION
To verify education being used to meet the required minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials being used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial are okay, please ensure that the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application, provided at the time of interview, or if/when requested prior to scheduling an interview.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Omission of required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.

WORK EXPERIENCE
When using work experience not already documented in your application, please provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application. If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment. A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position in which you are applying.

If you are currently or have previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level. Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position. This is required as there are minimum qualifications that require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered. If this information is not accurately reflected in your application this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
The State's online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role of an employer sponsor.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.

RECRUITMENT SCOPE
This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

MULTIPLE VACANCIES
This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90)